Improved curtain-fixture



diluted- @gi-Hm HENRY FININLEY, OF NEW YOR-K, lN. Y.

Letters Patent No. 85,295, elated December 29, 1868.

IMPROVED CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

To all .whom it may conce/ru:l l

Be it known that I, HENRY FrNrNLEY, of the .city of New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Fixtures; and I do hereby declare .that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a front View of the lixture. Figure 2, a side yiewof the same, looking left.' Figure 3, a top view, and Figure 4, a verticalilongitudinal section of the end carrying the cord.

Figure 5, a vertical section'through pulley, 85e., on

line A B, and y Figure 6, a side view of the fen'ule into which the roller is inserted.

My invention consists substantially of an improved fornl of bracket and arrangement for attaching the same to the window-casing, and for raising and lowering the curtain and' retaining itin any desiredposition without the use of weights, springs, or any of the appliances usually attached to the casing 'for that purpose.

In the drawings- Y' v a a are the supporting-brackets made right and lett, he right-end bracket a having a pendent stem, b, cast pon it, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned.

c is the roller, of wood, to which the curtain (l is attached. v

c e are f'errules to receive the ends of the roller.

I construct the brackets a a of' the peculiar form shown in figs. 2 and 3. They are each curved outwardly, as shown in iig. 3, for the purpose of affording greater breadth of curtain, and to allow of their attachment either to the inner edge or to the face of the window-casing, as may be found most convenient or neces-v sary. Eachis provided with two dat bearings or feetL ff, and an inverted conical spur, g. v

In applying the fixture to the window, I screw aI small wire hook or eye, h, into the casing, place the -bracket against the Wood-work, and press the spur g v I construct the right end ofthe fixture as shown in -sectional detail inA figs. 4 and 5.

e isI the ferrnle, embracing the end of theroller, and

having a shaft, i, cast upon it, the inner portion of the shaft, near the ferrule, being square, and the outer portion round.

k is a pulley, (over Which-thecord l passes,) having -cogs or' projections upon'itspperiphery, to prevent the slipping ofthe cord.

This pulley has a recess within it, as shown, and is slipped over and upon the square portion of the shaft t', and rigidly secured to the disk of the ferrule e by' a f through a hole drilled in the bracket a to receive it, and

riveted up to the pressure required to hold the curtain in any desired position.

The right-end bracket a has a pendent stern, b, cast solidly upon it, into which two or more friction-rolls,

o o, are secured, their opposite ends being covered andthe ferrule, and of its being removed with the curtainV without disturbing the bracket and cord.

The left-end ferrule c is provided with a pin, and attached to the roller in the same or in any usual way.

A prominent feature in my invention, as above described, is the arrangement of the pulley, elastic rubber ring, washer, and shaft, i, riveted to the bracket, as shown, by which the weight ofthe curtain is sus'- tained by lateral pressure exerted by the elastic ring ym upon the recessed surface of the pulleyand upon the washer n, and by which both sides of the bracket are tightly embraced Abetween said washer and the outer riveted end of the shaft t', and Without exerting any pressure upon the end of the roller or against the opposite bracket.

The arrangement by which the cord is passed over the roughened pulley, and between `andaround the frctionLrolls, further operates to eiiect the same end, so that by increasing the number of' friction-rolls and the thickness of the rubber ring m, howevef heavy the curtain may be, if within reasonable limits, the device will sustain it at any point and without lateral pressure upon the roller, or left-end-bracket; At the same time the whole apparatus is compact and ornamental, occupying no more room than fixtures ofthe ordinary styles. The cord may be allowed to hang loosely7 be provided -with ornamental or weighted tassels, or passed around a knob or button at the bottom, to suit the taste, and

the curtain and roller maybe readily removed, without disturbing the same. 'A

In applying these fixtures to Windows having:1 inside shutters, the curved form of braeketshown may be dispensed with, and the remaining parts of my fixture applied to other forms of brackets.

I do not claim broadly the use of rubber or elastic materials for retaining the curtain in place by lateral pressure; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-f 1. The curved brackets a and a', with the spur g and feet f f, attached to the easing by means ofthe eye h, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

v2. The pendent stem b, (east upon the braeket,) the friction-rolls o o, guard p, cord l, and pulley k, all a1'- rauged to 13o-operate substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

3. The general arrangement and combination ofthe pendent stein b, friction-rolls o o, recessed pulley 7c, elas# tie ring m, washer n, and shaft li, the latter having,r its outer end riveted o1' upset, as shown, all arranged to cooperate substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

HENRY FININLEY. Witnesses:

4 HORACE A. THOMPSON, Hmmm: S. SEYMOUR. 

